China is looking to dazzle a visiting U.S. trade delegation this week, arranging a session with President Xi Jinping and planning pledges to cut tariffs and ease regulations. It will likely take more than that to impress the visiting Americans and head off a looming trade war.
It will be a high-stakes meeting, starting Thursday. U.S.-China economic relations have sunk to their lowest point in decades with the U.S., angry over alleged Chinese pressure on U.S. firms to transfer technology to Chinese partners and other misdeeds,...